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Amazon Cyber Monday | Sale With Up To 35% Off All Products

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:00:10 +0000

Did you miss the Black Friday Sales? Well, you needn’t worry. Prepare for Cyber Monday. You’ve now got a second chance to grab yourself a thanksgiving “weekend” bargain. Just check out the link below to find out how to grab your products for over 35% off just check out the link below.

Amazon Cyber Monday

While tomorrow might be Cyber Monday, Amazon has already posted a batch of deals in preparation. Deals include a 9.99 Garmin nuvi 260W, 9.99 Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet, 9.99 Dell Mini 10v with TV Tuner, and .95 Sennheiser RS 130 Wireless Surround Headphones. Cyber Monday page. Continue reading for more notable deals and learn how to install Snow Leopard on a Dell Mini 10v.

The term Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving and Christmas.Whereas Black Friday is associated with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, “Cyber Monday” symbolizes a busy day for online retailers. The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making buys online that they were not able to make in stores. Although that thought has not survived the test of time, Cyber Monday has evolved into a significant marketing event, sponsored by the National Retail Federation’s Shop.org division, in which online retailers offer low prices and promotions.

Seeing as christmas is right around the corner, you might as well buy up now and save the rest or free up more money to splash on other goodies. Just check out the link below for up to 35% off everything.

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Consumer Reports – Laptops

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:37:08 +0000

Laptops account for about 25 percent of sales. It’s not hard to know why. Small screens and cramped keyboards have been replaced by larger, crisper displays and more usable key layouts. Processors have caught up in speed, and innovative new processors provide some real advantages. Quick CD and DVD recording drives are common, as are ample hard drives. And a growing interest in wireless computing plays to the laptop’s main strength: its portability. A laptop is the most convenient way to take full advantage of the growing availability of high-speed wireless Internet access at airports, schools, hotels, and even restaurants and coffee shops.

The Centrino technology that’s central to Intel’s newest laptop processors has wireless capability built in, and delivers commendably-long battery life. The thinnest laptops on the market are less than an inch thick and weigh just 2 to 5 pounds. To get these light, sleek models, but, you’ll have to pay a premium and make a few sacrifices.

WHAT’S AVAILABLE

Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq (now owned by HP), IBM, Sony, and Toshiba are the leading Windows laptop brands. Macintosh laptops are made by Apple. Laptops can be grouped into several basic configurations:

Budget models. These have slower processors and lower screen quality than others, but are suitable for routine office work and home software. Price range: 0 or less.

Workhorse models. These have quicker processors and more built-in devices, so there’s less need for external attachments. They’re not lightweight or battery-efficient enough for frequent travelers. Price range: ,000 and up.

Slim-and-light models. These are for travelers. They can be less than an inch thick and weigh as small as 2 or 3 pounds. They generally require an external drive to read DVDs or burn CDs. Price range: ,500 and up.

Tablet-style. These sit in your hands like a clipboard and have handwriting-recognition software. Some convert to a “normal” laptop with a keyboard. Price range: ,800 and up.

Vital FEATURES

A diskette drive is becoming a rarity in all computers. As an alternative, you can use a USB memory drive (about and up), which fits on a keychain and holds as much data as numerous diskettes. Or you can save files on a writeable CD or camera memory card. Most laptops have slots that can read one or more types of memory cards.

Windows laptops generally have a 1.5- to 3.5-GHz processor. Pentium 4 processors have the higher speed ratings; the new Pentium M and Celeron M processors have a slower rated speed but really perform on a par with other processors. Macintosh Power PC processors are measured on a different basis altogether. In small, the different types of processors make direct speed comparisons hard. It doesn’t pay to try because any type of processor is likely to deliver all the speed you’ll need.

Laptops come with a 40- to 160-gigabyte hard drive and 256 megabytes or more of random access memory (RAM) and can be upgraded to 1 gigabyte or more.

Today’s laptops use a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. In Consumer Reports tests, batteries provided 2 to 5 hours of continuous use when running office applications. (Laptops go into sleep mode when used intermittently, extending the time between charges.) You can extend battery life somewhat by dimming the show as you work and by removing PC cards and turning off wireless devices when they aren’t needed. Playing a DVD movie uses more battery power than usual, but any laptop should be able to play a movie through to the end.

A laptop’s keyboard can be quite different from that of a desktop computer. The keys themselves may be full-sized (generally only lightweight models pare them down), but they may not feel as solid. Some laptops have extra buttons to expedite your access to e-mail or a Web browser or to control DVD playback. You can attach an external keyboard, which you may find simpler to use.

A 14- to 15-inch show, measured diagonally, should suit most people. A few larger models have a 16- or 17-inch show. A resolution of 1,400×1,050 (SXGA+) pixels (picture elements) or more is better than 1,024×768 (XGA) for viewing the fine detail in photographs or video, but may shrink objects on the screen. You can use settings in Windows to make them larger. Many models are now offered with a show that has a “glossy” surface instead of a dull one. Those look better in bright ambient light, as long as you avoid direct reflections.

Most laptops use a small touch-sensitive pad in place of a mouse–you slide your finger across the pad to go the cursor. You can also program the pad to respond to a “tap” as a “click,” or to scroll as you sweep your index finger along the pad’s right edge. An alternative pointing system uses a pencil-eraser-sized joystick in the middle of the keyboard. You can attach an external mouse or trackball if you prefer.

Laptops include at least one PC-card slot for expansion. You might add a wireless network card or a digital-camera memory-card reader, for example, if those are not built in. Many laptops offer a connection for a docking station, a 0 or 0 base that makes it simple to connect an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, or phone line. Most laptops let you attach these devices anyway, without the docking station. At least two USB ports, for simple hookup of, say, a printer, digital camera, or scanner, is standard. A wired network (Ethernet) port is common, as is a FireWire port for digital-video transfer. Many models have a standard or optional internal wireless-network (“Wi-Fi”) adapter. The infrared port found on a few models can be used to synchronize data wirelessly between the computer and a personal digital assistant (PDA).

Laptops typically come with less software than desktop computers, although nearly all are bundled with a basic home-office suite (such as Microsoft Works) and a personal-finance program. The small speakers built into laptops often sound tinny, with small bass. Headphones or external speakers deliver much better sound.

HOW TO CHOOSE

Choose if a laptop is right for you. If you’re on a very tight budget and aren’t cramped for space, a desktop computer may still be OK. Otherwise, consider a laptop.

Windows vs. Macintosh. Many people choose Windows because it’s what they’ve always used. Apple’s iBook will suit you if you’re interested in photo editing, music, video, and other multimedia applications. Apple computers are also less susceptible to most viruses and spyware than Windows-based computers. The Apple PowerBook is relatively expensive as laptops go, but.

Buy à la carte. Dell and Gateway pioneered the notion that every computer can be tailored to an individual buyer’s needs, much like choosing the options for a car. This configure-to-order model is now common practice for laptops as well as desktops.

You can also buy a preconfigured computer off the shelf. (You can do the same online if you opt for the default choices of equipment the manufacturer offers.) That’s fine if you don’t have very strict requirements for how a laptop is outfitted or if you want to take advantage of an attractive sale.

Configure-to-order menus show you all the options and let you see how a change in one affects the overall price. You may choose to use a less-expensive processor, for example, but spend more for wireless capability or better graphics. Configure-to-order will often give you choices you won’t get if you buy off the shelf. And configure-to-order means less chance of overlooking vital details.

Downplay the processor speed. Speed is no longer the be-all of personal computers. For years, processors have delivered all the speed most people need. That’s still very much the case. Spend the money on more memory instead. A Pentium 4 processor with a speed of 2.4 GHz and a Pentium M at 1.4 GHz earned the same speed score in our tests. The different types of chips now on the market make direct speed comparisons hard.

Look closely at warranties and insurance. Get the longest manufacturer’s warranty you can afford; many offer one or two years above the basic one-year warranty, for a price. If you intend to travel a lot, buy screen insurance from the manufacturer. If you take full advantage of the manufacturer’s warranty and insurance, you won’t need an extended warranty from the retailer.

For the latest information on this and many other products and services, visit www.ConsumerReports.org.

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Do you have suggestions for headphones with good sound and a great bass for under $70?

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:28:30 +0000

I want around ear headphones that have fantastic sound and fantastic bass. I’ve had 3 pairs of expensive headphones disappoint me with terrific sound and incredible response to high volume, but nearly NO bass!

Lol, I want some THUMP!!!!

Try the brand SkullCandy. They have wide selection of headphones. The sound and Bass is fantastic, I got some from my Uncle for Christmas.

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Can anyone reccomend a good pair of headphones for a bass-freak?

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:01:11 +0000

I have an iPod Nano which i use to listen mostly to Hip Hop (YoungBloodZ, Ludacris, David Banner, The Game, Snoop Dogg) and R&B (Bobby Valentino, Ne-Yo, Cassie, Rihanna), with a bit of Dance music thrown in every now and then (Alex K, Styles and Breeze). I wanna get some headphones with rich, clear bass because I really despise the distorted jarring that emanates when you listen to bass-heavy music with the standard headphones (especially with the equaliser on R&B or Dance). But, purchasing an iPod has kinda dented my bank balance….so is there anything I can buy for about £20 ($40/35Eu) that will do the job?

The Sony in ear ones are fantastic – not cheap though. Get the ones with the rubber ‘buds’ not the foam though…waaaay better.

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3271905/Sony_MDR_EX90LP_Stereo_Headphones/Product.html or http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/751992/Sony_MDR_EX71SL_In_Ear_Headphones/Product.html (used these for about 5 years- Fantastic quality- same ones as ‘Deviated’ mentioned above)

As a side note, no in-ear will every be able to give a really excellent bass response as the driver in just too small in size. Spend to your limit – headphones normally are "you get what you pay for".

For listening in the home…or if you’re not bothered about being subtle. Grado make some seriously nice kit…have a pair of ‘SR80′s.

http://www.gradolabs.com/frameset_main.htm

Senheiser is a excellent make but I find them a small too ‘bassey’ – but are more comfortable to wear.

ps. Grado are ‘open back’, most sennies are closed back. It a personal preference thing. Closed helps prevent sound leakage and not annoy those around you with a slight loss of driver movement, but better bass – open allows marginally better driver movement for added mid & treble clarity – but everybody else gets to hear your tunes too…more for the audiophiles!

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Which headphones won’t break when I play a song with a big bass?

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:10:00 +0000

Last night, I added a song onto my mp3 and listened to it this morning. After I listened to the song, I realised that the right ear on my headphones (Sony MRD-EX32) weren’t working properly anymore. The headphones were perfect up until I listened to that song, which has a huge bass.

So I was wondering, could anyone tell me any headphones that can handle songs with a huge bass?

get some headphones with woofers in them, that should help. like skullcandy skullcrushers.

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Grand Gifts For The Outdoor Lovers

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:12:39 +0000

There is certainly no right or incorrect season to receive gifts. Pleasantly surprising someone special might be a challenging task, but when your gifts relate to your recipients’ leisure activities, you can never go incorrect. An essential tip: if there is anything that lovers of the nature and outdoor enthusiasts want more than cook-outs and camping, it is a groundbreaking new gadget. To ocean and sea lovers, consider giving the next generation in fishing technology that’s selling like hotcakes in markets today. And when it’s serious fishing, it means serious equipment and tools. While the usual fishing equipment might be a excellent gift thought, something that allows fish-catching minus the hassles brought about by using live bait might be a better choice. This technological advancement is available in various shapes. It also comes in a fantastic pack of colors for massive saltwater or freshwater applications. A spray attractant applicable to any bait is also sold in pint and quart buckets. These special baits are suspended in a certain powerful fluid that makes them work over 20% better and more effective than the usual baits. Recreational shooters and hunters are sure to drool over the semiautomatic shotguns. These most modern shotguns are the latest choice for personal defense and recreational shooters. Their superb craftsmanship and design make them most saleable ammunitions for hunting. The semiautomatic guns are among the most reliable self-loading guns famed for their light weight. These are known for durability, as it is capable of handling loads that are the toughest in recoiling. Available in both gauges of 12 and 20 plus 29 various and separate sets of configurations, the semiautomatic shotguns are guaranteed to live up to the expectations and needs of the discriminating and most picky shooters. When hobbyists and nature lovers hit the outdoors, they can’t help but bring an electronic radio with which to hum their most favorite tunes with. Needless to say, coolers are also a must-bring to outdoor fanatics. Imagine these two combined! The radio and cooler in one is included in the top-selling hunting and outdoor gears in the market today. According to its users, the cooler of 36 quarts is of prime quality and has room huge enough for around 46 pieces of 12-ounce cans. With that, ice can be placed to keep the drinks cool. When the cookout starts, the FM/AM electronic radio has a clock, an alarm, a weather band, a headphone jack, and an MP3 player that can really come handy. This famed product’s radio is battery operated. You can also choose to give your shooter and hunter friends or family better access to their most-loved sports. Giving these hobbyists membership gifts to some shooting range that allow them a few range time hours might be a fantastic thought. Consider that the membership gift offers a prime location across the entire country or closer to town. Membership perks may also include new hunting and outdoor gears, or a hunting license for the year, so make sure you avail these for your recipients. The next time you reckon of giving gifts to you loved ones and friends, consider these hobbyists’ gears and tools that are a sure hit to those who like to spend time outdoors. And while you’re at it, it wouldn’t hurt to pick one up for yourself, will it?

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If i use headphones, Can I damage my guitar amp by playing a bass through it?

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:44:01 +0000

I just bought a new bass guitar… but i don’t have a bass amp yet.

I have some very nice headphones that I usually plug into my amp while i play guitar at night.

I know that playing bass at high volume through a guitar amp can cause hurt to the speaker, but what if I use my headphones? Can the amp still be hurt if I use headphones?

no it cannot. I wouldn’t push the thing to its limits…but that’s certainly ok to do.

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Piano Keyboards

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:09:36 +0000

If you are thinking of learning to play the piano, you may well want to start out with an electronic keyboard. They are generally much cheaper than a real acoustic piano and have options like percussion rhythms or instrument sounds. But, if you intend to have piano lessons your piano teacher will probably want you to have an acoustic piano at home to practice on. All the same, an electronic keyboard can give you hours of fun and if you want to progress to an acoustic piano you can do that later, when you reckon you will be able to play. Most experts recommend that you buy an electronic keyboard with at least 61 keys so that you can play more traditional music. A excellent option is a piano keyboard with a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) sometimes known as a USB Keyboard, which can communicate with your computer and other electronic instruments. The USB keyboard is a less expensive option and have no built in sound so can only be used with a computer. It is expert opinion that even the lowest priced piano keyboards perform better than the USB keyboard which loses some sound quality. Digital Pianos sound closer to the right acoustic piano but they are much more expensive and more suited to experienced players. Digital Pianos are fantastic for professional musicians who travel around and need a portable piano. They also have the ability to reproduce many other sounds as well as piano. Musicians like the fact that they can produce rhythm patterns, bass lines, acoustic and electronic instruments, and percussion sounds, along with all the digital effects like reverb, delay, distortion and chorus. It really does depend on what type of musician you are when it comes to choosing a keyboard. You might be a DJ wanting to add in some more musical effects or you might want to learn to play without the expense of a full size piano. You may well be a touring musician. The only right restriction is how much you want to spend. Prices start at under £100 and rise to over£3000.

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No One to Talk to in the Party? Get One Up on your Friend

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:14:07 +0000

Ever wondered why your friend is always so well loved with the opposite sex while you sit around twiddling your thumbs and wondering how to get lucky? Or been in a situation where everyone else seems to be really clued up on the latest in the music world, while you feel politely pushed out of the conversation? Picking up an interest in music could be your answer. Music software has undergone a rapid transformation over the past few years. A wide variety of software is available in music and hardware stores, as well as over the internet. Numerous websites allow you to download music, often giving away free music software to make themselves well loved. To successfully make the best use of the facility, we need to familiarize ourselves with a few basic requirements. Let us examine these requirements for a successful music download.

Your PC or laptop is probably all you need to pursue your new leisure activity. What you need to check is that it should have a minimum of 128 MB RAM if you want excellent quality output. Latest systems come with much higher RAM, and it’s a simple case of the more the merrier. Get a 1GB RAM and see that music really play!

Most Hard Disks today come with a minimum capacity of 80 GB or more. The Hard Disk Drive needs to have at least 2 MB of free space. If you have more, it is better as the more the free space, the better will be the performance of the system.

An additional audio and/or a graphics card on your motherboard will add to the performance of the audio software. It does this by acting as an additional RAM, and hence giving the software more space to do its job.

A high speed modem of min capacity 56 Kbps is a must, as is an internet connection to go with it. If you can manage to hook on to a high-speed broadband connection of 2Mbps or above, well; your job will be done in a fraction of the time. Most music files, even MP3, are honestly large for a dial-up connection to handle comfortably; hence a high speed connection will certainly be an asset as it will allow much quicker downloads. If you are plotting to download music videos, then a min internet speed of 512 Kbps is absolutely essential.

A pair of decent earphones or headphones are a prerequisite for that ultimate listening experience. For external speaker requirements, choose from excellent quality PC speakers like JBL, Sony, Yamaha, or the very boss of them all – Bose. Branded PCs, of course, come bundled with their own speakers.

Coming to the Software. Besides using the basic internet browser to connect to the internet, you will need a excellent Audio/Video player to delight in the results of your efforts once you have downloaded your music. Windows Media Player comes bundled with the operating system and is a powerhouse in itself, offering a host of mind-boggling options. Interested in trying out something new? Try out Jet Audio, VLC Media player, Music Match to add fascinating options to your basic music player. These are audio/video players with a lot of playing options for different music experiences like Jazz, Rock, Classical, Vocal etc, automatically setting the equalizers for the best output for each of these music forms. Further, they give several options of enjoying your music with the varied output effects of sitting in a hall, huge or small room, theatre etc. A number of fascinating visualizations are bound to add to the enchanting experience. You can even set your own equalizer settings, depending whether you like more bass or not.

Try some of the freely available software like N-Track studio, MIDI Maestro, Chord Composer, MusiGenesis and VF160EX Fostex digital recorder if you are plotting something more advanced like studio recording. These are higher end music production software that have sound editing and audio ripping capabilities.

So don’t reckon any longer how your colleague is a hit with the opposite sex, just because he always seems to be up-to-date with the latest music. Step out and become an expert yourself.

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The Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:12:17 +0000

The Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is an extremely compact bluetooth speaker that is very convenient to carry around and use. The Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker provides a excellent volume and audio quality that is excellent for the price. The Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is ultra compact measuring just 3. 7 inches by 1. 8 inches by 0. 5 inch it is thinner than a motoslvr. The BlueAnt M1 stereo Bluetooth Speaker has on it all the basic controls for a music player like play/pause, next/previous and volume. Though the sound quality on the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is a bit tinny you can’t really complain for the price it is sold at. If you are looking for a hassle free technology that will eliminate wires all together and give you some excellent music at a considerably low cost. The buttons to control playback on the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is very handy and is gains quite a few points. If you are a fan of bass and don’t like your music without some boom then I suggest you keep looking and consider a more expensive model because the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker will probably disappoint you. But the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is fantastic for beach parties and road trips because it provides a loud volume output and a honestly long battery life. Pairing process is simple and takes small time. The stand provided to hold the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is quite a nice addition. My only issue with the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker was its lack of a bass boost but I got over it quick because I became quite fond of the device. As they say you win some you lose some. In the case of the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker you win ultra compactness and lose high bass.

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